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Actively Hiring
Artificial intelligence-powered hardware & software company powering the physical economy
  • Responds within three weeks
    Based on past data, Motive usually responds to incoming applications within three weeks
  • B2B
  • Scale Stage
    Rapidly increasing operations
  • +4

Senior Manager, Accounting

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Kirk Okenquist
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About the job

About the Role:

The Senior Manager, Accounting is a key leader on the Corporate Accounting team responsible for driving an accurate and timely global month-end and quarter-end close, leading broad day-to-day general ledger operations across multiple entities, and maintaining a strong SOX-compliant control environment. This role oversees key areas such as treasury and cash, intercompany, capitalized software, leases, and core close activities, while partnering cross-functionally to support a rapidly scaling global organization. This position reports to the Director, Accounting.

What You'll Do:

  • Own the monthly and quarterly close across multiple entities, ensuring close activities are completed on time, reconciliations are fully reviewed and supported, and results are recorded in accordance with U.S. GAAP
  • Lead end-to-end close execution and review across key GL areas, including cash and treasury, intercompany, software capitalization, leases, and related accruals and reclasses
  • Manage and maintain the FloQast close checklist, including assignment of tasks, daily status meetings, issue escalation, and final sign-off
  • Review journal entries, including recurring entries, accruals, reclasses, and manual entries, and ensure completeness, accuracy, and proper support in NetSuite
  • Oversee balance sheet reconciliations and flux analysis, investigate variances across key accounts, and drive timely resolution of reconciling items
  • Oversee bank account reconciliations for operating, collection, sweep, and investment accounts, and partner with Tax and Treasury on internal cash transfers, international entity funding, and global cash monitoring
  • Lead software and development cost capitalization, including review of capitalization workbooks, accounting conclusions, and related journal entries
  • Lead lease accounting under ASC 842, including review of new and modified lease arrangements, maintenance of lease schedules, and validation of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities
  • Own key SOX controls across period-end close, treasury, leases, and software capitalization, ensuring documentation, evidence, and testing support are complete and audit-ready
  • Partner with SOX, Internal Audit, and external auditors on control design, walkthroughs, audit testing, remediation activities, and process enhancements
  • Identify and drive process improvements and automation within NetSuite, FloQast, and related tools to improve scalability, reduce manual work, and enhance close quality
  • Collaborate with FP&A, Tax, Supply Chain, Procurement, AP, Payroll, Revenue Accounting, Engineering, and Legal to align on accounting treatment, operational changes, and close deliverables
  • Manage, mentor, and develop a small team of senior accountants and accountants through goal-setting, coaching, workload prioritization, and performance feedback
  • Help strengthen close processes for scale, audit readiness, and future public-company readiness

What We're Looking For:

  • 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 3+ years in a manager or senior manager role; a mix of public accounting and industry experience is strongly preferred
  • Proven end-to-end ownership of month-end and quarter-end close and broad day-to-day GL operations across multiple entities
  • CPA preferred
  • Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP
  • Demonstrated experience operating in a SOX environment, including ownership of key controls and support for internal and external audits
  • Experience leading accounting operations in key areas such as cash and treasury, intercompany, fixed assets, software capitalization, leases, and balance sheet reconciliations
  • Hands-on experience with a modern ERP, ideally NetSuite, and close management tools such as FloQast
  • Experience driving measurable process improvements, including close acceleration, reconciliation quality improvements, or automation of manual workflows
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate issues, assess risk, and deliver clear recommendations
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to partner effectively across finance and non-finance stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
  • Experience in SaaS required; hardware or technology companies strongly preferred
  • Experience supporting a public-company or IPO-readiness environment is preferred
  • Familiarity with tools such as Coupa, Navan, AuditBoard, and Jira is a plus
  • Flexible working hours if located outside the Pacific Time Zone

About the company

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Motive

Actively Hiring
Artificial intelligence-powered hardware & software company powering the physical economy1001-5000 Employees
Company Size
1001-5000
Company Type
Startup
Company Industries
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
Company Industries
B2B · SaaS · Mobile · Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
  • Responds within three weeks
    Based on past data, Motive usually responds to incoming applications within three weeks
  • B2B
  • Scale Stage
    Rapidly increasing operations
  • Top Investors
    This company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
  • Valuation $1B+
    This company has a valuation of $1B or more
  • 4.5
    Highly rated
    Motive is highly rated on Glassdoor, with 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 4.3
    Strong Leadership
    Employees rate Motive 4.3/5 on Glassdoor for faith in leadership
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Funding

AMOUNT RAISED
$227.3M
FUNDED OVER
5 rounds
Rounds
D
$149000000
Series D - Apr 2019+4

Perks

Medical
Motive will cover 90% of PPO and HMO medical premiums for Employee Only, and 75% for Dependents and 100% of the High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) medical premiums for Employee only and 75% for Dependents.
401K
Hosted through Empower Retirement with a company match!
Daily Lunch
Healthy catered lunch every day from Nybll.

Founders

Obaid Khan
Founder
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Ryan Johns
Founder
San Francisco
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Shoaib Makani
Founder/CEO
San Francisco
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